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LOLhttp://www.osnews.com/thread?424112
http://www.osnews.com/thread?424112Does anybody else care? I mean... really? I'm sure they'll eventually settle it out of court for an undisclosed sum of money, so this is really non-news.Thu, 13 May 2010 01:31:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (WorknMan)CommentsElaborate Gamehttp://www.osnews.com/thread?424113
http://www.osnews.com/thread?424113I swear it's turning into some elaborate game, like a CCG only in this game they're not playing with cards, they're playing with patents...

It's like, to big companies, the US patent office is the local card shop where you spend loads on 'patents' trying to make sets and build as strong and diverse a deck possible... and the legal system is the platform upon which companies engage in 'epic' battles against each other with their decks of 'patents'. The game ends when one of the player's 'companies' runs out of money, patents, or appeals.

Uhoh... I hope I haven't given anyone any ideas for a new game... Maybe I'll just patent the idea! Yeah!Thu, 13 May 2010 01:57:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (saidge@yahoo.com)CommentsComment by talafhttp://www.osnews.com/thread?424115
http://www.osnews.com/thread?424115"I see you, and I raise you by ... 3 patents!"

Wait they actually have less number-wise Thu, 13 May 2010 01:59:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (talaf)CommentsOK, I'm 'fessing up now!http://www.osnews.com/thread?424117
http://www.osnews.com/thread?424117I infringed their "Power Control Methods for a Portable Electronic Device" last night. Twice.

You can't. I already own a patent for "Something".Thu, 13 May 2010 03:00:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (Stratoukos)CommentsThe logical outcome of the US patent systemhttp://www.osnews.com/thread?424127
http://www.osnews.com/thread?424127

filing a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) to halt the importation and sale of the iPhone, iPad and iPod in the United States.

Didn't Apple's lawsuit against HTC, and their lawsuit against Nokia, ask for the same thing?

Great.

The US patent system ... ostensibly designed to promote technological innovation ... is going to make it so that no-one in the US can buy any technology item, becuase they are all made elsewhere.

Does anyone else find this to be as utterly stupid as it seems to be to me?Thu, 13 May 2010 03:33:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (lemur2)CommentsPatents and Innovation?http://www.osnews.com/thread?424144
http://www.osnews.com/thread?424144And patents were supposed to promote innovation? They are being used for fighting and the only people who gain are lawyers.Thu, 13 May 2010 06:06:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (Manish)CommentsRE: Elaborate Gamehttp://www.osnews.com/thread?424148
http://www.osnews.com/thread?424148But the winner of this game gets control.

They don't have to worry about competing in the market - they are protected from competition, just sit back relax and let the profits role in. Knowing that no matter how little they spend on R & D in the future no competitor can ever arise they can just be squashed in the courts.

The likely outcomes;

A patent war between large IT corporations would be bad, damage the world economy and put people out of work. The alternative of large corporations forming patent cartels so that they can prevent new players joining the market and stifle competition is worseThu, 13 May 2010 06:48:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (Gone fishing)CommentsPatents everywherehttp://www.osnews.com/thread?424158
http://www.osnews.com/thread?424158Why not patent legal procedures too? It would make legal cases even more interesting.Thu, 13 May 2010 08:54:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (isaba)CommentsRE: Elaborate Gamehttp://www.osnews.com/thread?424166
http://www.osnews.com/thread?424166

I swear it's turning into some elaborate game, like a CCG only in this game they're not playing with cards, they're playing with patents...

It's like, to big companies, the US patent office is the local card shop where you spend loads on 'patents' trying to make sets and build as strong and diverse a deck possible... and the legal system is the platform upon which companies engage in 'epic' battles against each other with their decks of 'patents'. The game ends when one of the player's 'companies' runs out of money, patents, or appeals.

Uhoh... I hope I haven't given anyone any ideas for a new game... Maybe I'll just patent the idea! Yeah!

hehe I like this post.

I keep thinking of the 1980s movie 'War games' in which a computer threatens to nuke Russia until it's taught that there are no winners in war - only mutually assured destruction.Thu, 13 May 2010 10:28:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (Laurence)CommentsI hate patents...http://www.osnews.com/thread?424171
http://www.osnews.com/thread?424171... but Apple deserved this. They sued HTC for practically for nothing. Now HTC sued them, Nokia sued the other day, I hope Google will sue them too. Apple obviously want to remove any iPhone competitor, I hope competition will remove Apple instead.Edited 2010-05-13 10:44 UTCThu, 13 May 2010 10:42:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (gnufreex)CommentsToo lazy to read?http://www.osnews.com/thread?424172
http://www.osnews.com/thread?424172I will shorten this shit before the kids wake up tomorrow.

"filing a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) to halt the importation and sale of the iPhone, iPad and iPod in the United States.

Didn't Apple's lawsuit against HTC, and their lawsuit against Nokia, ask for the same thing?

Great. "Yes, that's why you file a complaint in the first place to the ITC.Thu, 13 May 2010 12:06:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (ariarinen)CommentsNice.http://www.osnews.com/thread?424188
http://www.osnews.com/thread?424188Apple's lawyers are having a few busy years ahead.

And that makes me more than happy Thu, 13 May 2010 13:34:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (emilsedgh)CommentsRE: LOL - it draws attentionhttp://www.osnews.com/thread?424217
http://www.osnews.com/thread?424217It may be non-news that mega-corp B is throwing legal fees at mega-corp A. For me, the value is that it is being report which helps to draw attention to the rabies riddled dog that is the US patent system. Even then, I wouldn't care so much except that poor US policies usually end up effecting us along the northern border and in general, have far reaching effects on computerdom.Thu, 13 May 2010 18:10:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (jabbotts)CommentsApple ....http://www.osnews.com/thread?424371
http://www.osnews.com/thread?424371Right now, between typing these words, I am eating an apple. Will I get sued for it?Fri, 14 May 2010 05:31:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (KenP)CommentsPatent theoremhttp://www.osnews.com/thread?424383
http://www.osnews.com/thread?424383If all those patent suits would be real, you could almost formulate the following theorem:
"Consider a set composed of any number of (smart)phone makers; if you take a 2-tuple of any of them (A,B), it is always possible to find a patent p owned by A that is violated by B."

:-DFri, 14 May 2010 07:22:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (bitwelder)CommentsRE[2]: LOL - it draws attentionhttp://www.osnews.com/thread?424664
http://www.osnews.com/thread?424664Apparently the ticking time bomb which is the Touchscreen technology patent is still in possession of the original inventors and has not expired at all :

Yep, ELOtouch systems ( formerly elographics) . My guess is they either have a deal with the vast majority of companies using touchscreens or those companies are their customers . This is one of the few companies which could sue the lot of them and have a very good case to make .Sat, 15 May 2010 14:05:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (rikwes66)CommentsRE[3]: LOL - and ...http://www.osnews.com/thread?425095
http://www.osnews.com/thread?425095... in the darkness, bind them.Mon, 17 May 2010 12:12:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (jabbotts)Comments